Federal Election Commission reports from the state Republican Party show it paid Strategic Allied more than $1.3 million this summer for voter registration services.
The firm was also hired to do voter registration work for the party in four other key swing states - Nevada, Virginia, Colorado, and North Carolina - for a total of $2.9 million, according to the Republican National Committee.
In a statement late last week, Strategic Allied criticized "likely libelous comments" by the Florida Republican Party about its efforts in the state amid allegations of voter fraud.
The company was formed in June by Nathan Sproul, a conservative Arizona political consultant and a former executive director of the state's Republican Party.
Alarm over potential voter registration fraud in Florida in the run-up to the November 6 election was first raised by Palm Beach County Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher, who flagged 106 "questionable" applications turned in by SAC this month.
Bucher - whose county introduced hanging chads and butterfly ballots to the political lexicon during the 2000 presidential election debacle in Florida - said her staff had raised questions about suspiciously similar signatures and incorrect addresses and dates of birth on voter registration forms.
Submitting deliberately false voter registration information, or altering information on an application without consent, is a third-degree felony, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
(Editing by Tom Brown and Todd Eastham)
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